NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     strcspn - span the complement of a string

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <string.h>

     size_t
     strcspn(const char *s, const char *charset);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function spans the initial part of the null-terminated
     string s as long as the characters from s do not occur in string charset
     (it spans the complement of charset).

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function returns the number of characters spanned.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     index(3), memchr(3), rindex(3), strchr(3), strpbrk(3), strrchr(3),
     strsep(3), strspn(3), strstr(3), strtok(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The strcspn() function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').

BSD                              June 4, 1993                              BSD